Victoria-Theater [Berlin]
Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
theater in Berlijn
Victoria-Theater
Built 1856-1859 by Eduard Titz (freely using designs by Carl Ferdinand Langhans) as a private theatre for Rudolph Cerf. Construction works stopped in 1858 because of financial problems. Subequently completed after a state intervention. The complex included two big auditoriums, Sommertheater (summer theatre, 1400 seats, opened 21 Dec 1859) and Wintertheater (winter theatre, 1432 seats, opened 1860), sharing a single stage. The two auditoriums and the stage could also be converted into a single big ballroom. Used for comedy, light drama, Italian opera, ballet, and revue performances. Also used as a guest venue, e. g. for gala performances of the Meiningen theatre, and the first Berlin performance of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen by Angelo Neumann's opera company in May 1881. Closed on 31 Mar 1891 for financial reasons. Subsequently demolished.